Title :
Thermal remote sensing for earth science applications
Author :
Franzsen, Alan J.
Author_Institution :
Anglo American Corp., Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract :
This paper describes the basic physics of thermal remote sensing, describes some thermal remote sensing platforms and gives examples of applications for the earth sciences. Thermal remote sensing is a powerful management tool for the control of sub-surface fires and pollution plumes
Keywords :
fires; infrared imaging; pollution control; remote sensing; earth science applications; management tool; pollution plume control; sub-surface fire control; thermal remote sensing; Earth; Fires; Geology; Geoscience; Physics; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Temperature sensors; Thermal management; Thermal pollution;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Signal Processing, 1998. COMSIG '98. Proceedings of the 1998 South African Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rondebosch
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5054-5
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1998.736980